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Chris@0:Warning: This service is currently broken, MySpace changed a number of things that break the scrapping.
Chris@0:Update: The FOAF view of MySpace data is back online.
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Chris@0: Chris@0: This service provides a live RDF representation of Myspace users. Chris@0: If the user is also an artist, then the corresponding tracks in the streaming audio cache are included in the RDF. Chris@0: Note that only the top friends in the target Myspace page are included in the RDF. Chris@0:
Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0:Chris@0: This representations is designed using the Chris@0: Music Ontology and FOAF. The scraping is handled by the Chris@0: MyPySpace. Chris@0:
Chris@0: Chris@0:Chris@0: This effort is part of the Linking Chris@0: Open Data on the Semantic Web community project, hosted by the Semantic Chris@0: Web Education and Outreach interest group. Chris@0:
--> Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0:Chris@0: Starting from a Myspace user name: Chris@0:
Chris@0: http://myspace.com/<user name> Chris@0:Chris@0: Just get the following URI: Chris@0:
Chris@0: http://dbtune.org/myspace/<user name> Chris@0:Chris@0: Alternatively, you can use the Myspace user id directly: Chris@0:
Chris@0: http://dbtune.org/myspace/uid/<userID> Chris@0:Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0:
For example, the following URI identifies a band in MySpace: Chris@0:
Chris@0: http://dbtune.org/myspace/lesversaillaisesamoustache Chris@0:Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0:
Chris@0: If you have a MySpace account, you can Chris@0: add the corresponding information to your FOAF profile by adding the following statement in it: Chris@0:
Chris@0: <my URI> owl:sameAs <http://dbtune.org/myspace/<user name> Chris@0:Chris@0: Chris@0: Chris@0:
Chris@0: As usual, all the code running this service Chris@0: is open source and based Chris@0: on Python and SWI-Prolog Chris@0: Chris@0:
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